Acute bacterial infection facilitates lung cancer metastasis through toll-like receptor 2 and 4 activation
INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, with low five-year survival rates and high percentage of local or metastatic recurrence. Surgical resection is integral for cure, however this procedure is associated with increased systemic inflammation and circulating tumour cells. Th...
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McGill University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107838 |